Brian Hawkins is an American comic book writer, editor, and novelist from Fredericksburg, Virginia. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University, majoring in English with a focus on playwriting.
Hawkins writes for multiple publishers. His credits at BlackBox Comics include Devil's Dominion, Doctor Wilder, and Empath. For Zenescope Entertainment, he has written Darkwatchers: Featuring Gretel, Van Helsing: Black Annis, and Van Helsing: Beast of Exmoor. He co-created Black Cotton with Patrick D. Foreman for Scout Comics and created The Vineyard, a mythical horror series published by AfterShock Comics. He is also an editor for Mad Cave Studios and runs his own comic studio, BlaX Trauma Productions.